12 NCAA Tournament Teams, 18-Game Homestand Highlight Razorbacks’ 2026 Schedule
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – 56 regular-season contests, including 10 conference series, an 18-game homestand and road trips to three professional baseball stadiums, are on tap for 24th-year head coach Dave Van Horn and the Razorbacks in 2026.
Arkansas heads into the 2026 campaign on the heels of its 12th College World Series appearance in program history and eighth trip to Omaha in the Van Horn era. The Hogs, the winningest team in the country since 2017 with 383 total wins, went 50-15 overall and 20-10 in conference play in 2025 to clinch their sixth 20-win SEC season in school history.
Van Horn’s Razorbacks are the only SEC team, and one of two teams in the country, to win 40 or more games in each of the last eight full seasons: 2017 (45), 2018 (48), 2019 (46), 2021 (50), 2022 (46), 2023 (43), 2024 (44) and 2025 (50).
The Hogs, who will square off against 12 teams that participated in last season’s NCAA Tournament, are scheduled to open the 2026 campaign on the road, embarking on their fifth trip in six seasons to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, to compete in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown (Feb. 13-15). Arkansas will go up against three Big 12 programs – Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas Tech – during the three-day tournament at the home of the Texas Rangers.
Arkansas will play a fourth game at Globe Life Field, one of the three professional baseball venues it will visit in 2026, against Tarleton State (Feb. 16) before returning to the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium to begin a season-long 18-game homestand. The Razorbacks will host Xavier (Feb. 20-22) on home opening weekend before welcoming in Arkansas State (Feb. 24-25), UT Arlington (Feb. 27-March 1), Oral Roberts (March 3), Stetson (March 6-9), Mississippi State (March 13-15) on SEC opening weekend and Northern Colorado (March 17-18) to conclude the homestand.
The non-conference portion of the Hogs’ schedule also includes midweek home contests against UCA (March 24), Little Rock (April 7), Missouri State (April 21) and Northwestern State (April 28-29). Arkansas will travel to two professional baseball stadiums for midweek matchups, taking on Missouri State (March 31) at Hammons Field, home of the St. Louis Cardinals’ Double-A affiliate Springfield Cardinals, in Springfield, Mo., as well as UAPB (April 14) at CHI St. Vincent Field at Dickey-Stephens Park, home of the Seattle Mariners’ Double-A affiliate Arkansas Travelers, in North Little Rock, Ark.
Arkansas’ loaded SEC schedule features home series against Mississippi State, Florida (March 27-29), Georgia (April 17-19), Ole Miss (May 1-3) and Oklahoma (May 8-10). The Razorbacks will go on the road in conference play to face South Carolina (March 20-22), Auburn (April 2-4), Alabama (April 10-12), Missouri (April 24-25) and Kentucky (May 14-16).
The SEC Tournament (May 19-24) returns to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala., for the 28th season in a row and 30th time in history. A record 13 SEC programs earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2025 with a record-tying eight SEC teams – Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt – selected as NCAA Regional hosts.
All games are subject to change for television, including the move of some conference series to begin on Thursdays. The full schedule of Thursday-Friday-Saturday series will be determined at a later date.
2026 Arkansas Baseball Schedule
Feb. 13-15: Shriners Children’s College Showdown^
Feb. 16: vs. Tarleton State#
Feb. 20-22: Xavier
Feb. 24-25: Arkansas State
Feb. 27-March 1: UT Arlington
March 3: Oral Roberts
March 6-9: Stetson
March 13-15: Mississippi State*
March 17-18: Northern Colorado
March 20-22: at South Carolina*
March 24: UCA
March 27-29: Florida*
March 31: at Missouri State
April 2-4: at Auburn*
April 7: Little Rock
April 10-12: at Alabama*
April 14: vs. UAPB@
April 17-19: Georgia*
April 21: Missouri State
April 24-26: at Missouri*
April 28-29: Northwestern State
May 1-3: Ole Miss*
May 8-10: Oklahoma*
May 14-16: at Kentucky*
May 19-24: SEC Tournament (Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala.)
* – SEC opponent
^ – Shriners Children’s College Showdown at Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas)
# – Game played at Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas)
@ – Game played at CHI St. Vincent Field at Dickey-Stephens Park (North Little Rock, Ark.)
2025 NCAA Tournament teams (12): Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Little Rock, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Stetson, TCU.
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